Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25

Lieut.. Coy. and Mrs Fuller have gone
on trip To PENNSYLVANIA and the west ia
'e absent a fortnight
sheriff Starkey sold ON Wednesday hi,
handsome span Of black horse, To- Cnl
0prague Of Worcester Mas
Work was resumed at stewart, r,undr,
on Wednesday,
Geo. W Fisher IT,. i, at Winchester y
H.. this winter, hauling wool and lumber
for Capt. Dickinson.
On town meeting day the ". G.. T.l'.
"nnen will serve dinners or lunches To-
all who may wish for them IN the lower
town hall
Mrs r.. H. CuShman of Urlnna m mr.
rived IN town yesterday on a visit to friends
IN this vicinity. Mr. Cushman hn, sold hi,
Iarm ~ Illinois, aud in the spring they viii
lake up their residence in Nebraska.
Albert Baldwin Inns removed from Cedar
street to Elliot and gone to work a, book
keeper for G.. II. Eldy u Co.
Miss 4. j. Walker Of st. Louis succeed,
Miss langdon aN Stcnographcr for the +,
tey Organ company.
Union GOSPEL temperance meeting at tn.
y. NJ. &. \. parlor Sunday at j.iO p. NJ.
There was a pleasant wedding at Natick.
MAS Fen. q, at J =. NJ, that of Miss
Frederick NJ, daughter of +. Homer of
south birmingham, and formerly Of Brat
trb"rn. and W. :. Phelps ir.. It Young hn
riSt Of south birmingham Miss Fredrricn
entered Mr. Phrlps's employ i,l,out eighteen
months ago aS book keeper at the Rn,lin
Farm conservatnric. The ceremony wa,
performed 10y Rev. f. = Hcrradrn at ~.
PanlN Episcopal church, Natick. and was
private only dozen relatives and "A few
TRENDS being present. j. T. Hurnrr If
li"Ntnn and Miss Meena Of South Framing
NAM brother and sister of the bride. were
grpom,nian and bridesmaid. Tn, hrid.
was tastefully dressed in travelling suit
oi gray. Many presents or value ver,. re
ceve'l, one of which wa, a gold watch and
'hain from the groom. Mr. and Mrs.
\ihellN VIII live at RpSlin farm. the Phrl,
homestead at South birmingham.
" The first four volumes have been r.c.iy-
rf Tor the Free Library Of the .Narrntiy.
and Critical History Of America now in
curse Of publication by lloughtnn. Mifflm
y Co., of Boston. The work when com.
plrted viii form the most thorough and ex-
hauNtlve history of the American continent
"hIrh mas yet been attempted. 1t is writ
ten on the cooperative method with Mr..
Justin NmSnr, librarian of Harvard uni
chosen corps of specialists who each take
up some special topic or period which is
made first the subject of a complete nara.
tive and afterward Of "A careful critical e,
say, the whole work passing finally under
the hand OF "a committee of the Massachu-
Netts historical society and of the editor in.
chlei' THIS Is history hy new method"
ana It's results promise much for the inter
est ami instruction of critical students The
volumes are freely and handsomely illus
trated
As well known young business man was
coming down High street hill "a few nights
ago ne picked up snow ball and threw il
at John Clarkson, who was at work in Col.
lockers yard, the ball missing its mark and
falling into the snow. During the evenin.,
he missed n valuable Keepsake ring from
his linger and could think of no possible
way 1t could have been lost except when
making the SNOWFALL Next morning II.
hunted over the place where the SNOWFALL
struck, found the hole it made in the SNOW.
picked out the ball and there was the ring
Snugly embedded in it, We should ike Ia
wager The young man pair Of good shoes
about number levenS, Say-that he can't
do the trick over again and have it come
ont the same way
favorable
showing which is made for the New York
lhle insurance company in oar columns this
week
Postmaster Childs has been notified hy
the department of the receipt Of the nett
ton for free delivery to he established her.
and the communication also states that nm
Inspector has been ordered "a come here and
see whether the necessary conditions exist
10 warrant such establishment.
Mr. Adams the Vermont Live Stock
company'S manager, is very much inclined
~ think that the stories of loss of cattle ON
the Northwestern range, 10y the snow and
cold weather are greatly exaggerated and
that most OF them are given to the
papers 10y correspondents who make their
Investigations from the nearest comfortable
Motel and draw ON their maginatiuns for
the facts 1t is undoubtedly true. however.
that the winter has been more than usually
severe, and that many weak cattle. espec-
Tally Texas cattle which were driven north
IN large numbers last summer, have sue
cumhed to the cold and lack of food. Stock
papers of the 18th were received here yes
terday and these shy that there has been se
we're weather with heavy snowfalls. but
there had also been three days Of chinook"
winds, AMI the losses were estimated at not
W. NN'NNN w per cent WIN a possible III
crease in some cases The outlonk WINS
more favorable than II week before when
reliable information Ia form AN estimate mn
on had not been received On the Vermont
compnys range the valleys are filled with
snow but there has been no time when
there was not feed in sight ON the hills.
No anxiety is felt that extreme losses have
been suffered. John Stevens, who is in
town this week, will start for the ranch
next Monday.
George W, Cables novelette,, "Grande
Pointe, selections from which he read in
brattleboro in january, appears complete
IN the March Century, where il occupies "a I
pages. kenlble furnishes il with eight IL
Illustrations.
One hundred and twelve couples partici-
llated IN the annual social dance" given Mt
Crosby hall on Tuesday evening by Delta
iodge, knights and Ladies' of Honor. The
hal was tastefully decorated, and two
electric iiults iufr,Iu...I a.. ......-.s